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| 1608 |
| | A second false Dmitry marches on Moscow, to be followed by a third in 1612 | |
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| 1775 |
| | Delegates from the states reassemble in Philadelphia, with hostilities against the British already under way in Massachusetts | |
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| 1775 |
| | Delegates to the Continental Congress make a final bid for peace, sending the Olive Branch Petition to George III | |
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| 1776 |
| | Virginia's motion for independence from Britain is passed at the Continental Congress of the colonies with no opposing vote | |
| | Liberty Bell, Philadelphia Fotofile CG
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| 1813 |
| | In a treaty with Russia and Prussia at Reichenbach, Austria agrees to declare war on France | |
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| 1848 |
| | The second Anglo-Sikh war begins when a British army invades the Punjab to suppress a local uprising | |
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| 1849 |
| | A British victory at the Battle of Gujarat effectively ends the second Anglo-Sikh war, and is followed by annexation of the Punjab | |
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| 1856 |
| | An incident aboard the Arrow, flying a British flag, gives the British the pretext to launch the Second Opium War | |
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| 1858 |
| | The Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Second Opium War, gives European powers new rights to intervene in Chinese affairs | |
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| 1860 |
| | British and French forces occupy Beijing and burn the imperial summer palace, at the end of the Second Opium War | |
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